Mr. and Mrs. William Kildow, of Oakland, were in receipt of a telegram from the War Department on Saturday last saying that their son, Corporal Percy Proctor Kildow, fell while engaged in action on November 1st. Corporal Kildow belonged to the United States Marines and made a brilliant record during the term of his service at the front in France. At the battle of Vierzy he displayed such conspicuous valor, in leading his men on a charge against the enemy and later carrying his wounded comrades to safety, that he was cited for the Distinguished Service Cross. He was later recommended for a commission in the Marine Corps.

Corporal Kildow has three brothers in the service, one being in the Marines, one an infantryman of the 79th Division, and another a seaman.

The sad intelligence of the death of one of Grantsville’s soldier boys on the field of battle was received last Thursday night when Mrs. Ellen Younkin received official notice from Washington that her son John had been killed in action between Sept. 24th and 30th.

Mr. Younkin was a private in the machine gun battalion at Camp Meade and had been in camp but a few weeks before he was sent overseas, and in all probability met his death in his first battle for liberty. He was 29 years old and the sole remaining support of a widowed mother, to whom his death comes as a heavy blow, She had not heard from her son for nearly ten weeks, yet always hoped that each mail from France would bring her news that he was safe and well.

The sympathy of the entire community is with the stricken mother and other relatives in their bereavement.

Click tabs to swap between content that is broken into logical sections.